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Weed or not weed

FairyJennetFairyJennet Posts: 46
in Problem solving
Hi
Does anyone know what this is?

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  • tui34tui34 Posts: 3,493
    It's the luck of the Irish!!
    A good hoeing is worth two waterings.

  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    I never bothered to think what colour the markings are on Clover leaves before. But it seems they are white on our 'usual' Clover. So is this "Red-spotted clover" (or "Spotted Medic" apparently) - Medicago arabica. So probably a weed...
  • FairyJennetFairyJennet Posts: 46
    Thank you! I will remove! 
  • robairdmacraignilrobairdmacraignil Posts: 782
    I leave the medic plants in my garden grow as the flowers seem to be popular with the bees and they also can have nitrogen fixing bacteria associated with the roots like the other clover relatives. I think they are more like a wild flower than a weed.
    https://www.youtube.com/user/sustainableveg/videos
  • StephenSouthwestStephenSouthwest Posts: 635
    It's only a weed if you don't like it growing where it is.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited March 2021
    I leave clover to spread in my grass. I like the flowers and it stays green when the grass goes crispy in the summer. You need to remember to wear shoes when walking on it. I trod in a bee last year with predictable consequences😖 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • gjautosgjautos Posts: 429
    B3 said:
    I leave clover to spread in my grass. I like the flowers and it stays green when the grass goes crispy in the summer. You need to remember to wear shoes when walking on it. I trod in a bee last year with predictable consequences😖 
    Ouch!! I leave clover in my lawn too. And daisies. I'm not one for a lawn as such, its more a mown green area in our garden.
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